Hi Nancy.. 🙂
I know nothing of Genie and my comment was about the character Laura, I do not like Laura.
That character irritates me, for just one thing lol

Harrry…Laura, LuLu, Dante, Sonny, Carly…guess even soap characters can find common ground sometimes. Actually I’m liking the more aggressive Laura when she needs to be.

& demanding to be let into patient’s rooms. This is just poor, lazy, writing-as usual, to give Laura Wright a scene to stomp in and out of room, and flip her hair!

“thank you” ^^^ “since when did those two become friends?” which will be even more bile when Laura is beholden to Carly when the truth is finally revealed.. that her real husband whom she’s been lusting overtly so.. to the dismay of “Ryan” who’s cringing open face @ the very sight of .

@Shelly and Chris : who are ruining every attempt they try @storyline… they should never have had Laura smothering “Ryan” which is making me cringe @ the reconciliation of “KEVIN” . YIKES it’s just not one of these easy on the eyes when Laura gets laid

hopefully at least Lulu will be happy for her

Love Laura*Kevin,the actors chemistry is top notch. So Laura is branching out,Carly lost a son and so did Laura,she’s friends with Sonny so why can’t she become friends with Carly. They’ve both grown up from years gone by when they worked and fought with each other. I like their coming together! Laura in my opinion hasn’t been smothering Ryan,she & Kevin had a very loving friendship & marriage,she comes home and the guy is totally opposite then he was the last time she spoke to him. He’s lying to her,running out on her every chance he gets when the real Kevin would of been celebrating her homecoming & would be wanting to spend as much time with her as possible. Besides she really missed him being gone for so long. If my husband changed into someone totally opposite of himself & was running out on me every chance he got which would make no sense & doing so many weird things so unlike himself I’d be wanting to find out what the heck was going on. He’s caught eating breakfast by himself having something Kevin didn’t like without asking his returning loving wife to join him is totally something Kevin wouldn’t do. Most people would be very suspicious of his actions & would be trying to help him or trying to find out what he was doing. I’ve only seen great romantic scenes between Laura*Kevin and her thousands of fans can’t wait to see more and we love them. Totally unnecessary to state negative things about their love life as nothing is cringeworthy about it. No one told you that you had to watch them. Most fans love everything about the couple so to insult the character is ridiculous. Genie is also great when she’s fighting with Valentin,she believes he killed her son & shot & almost killed Kevin among a lot of other things & he’s still lying to Nina. Cassadines never change! He deserves what he gets!

Tori: Because not all of us are Carly fans and she doesn’t need to be stomping around in every scene with every character. The writers have thrown her and Sonny in our faces for far too long and many of us are sick of it. I am.

Madam, you and I havent replied to one another in a couple years. Mr. Fairman ask that we not attack each other or else. Ok, since I almost disagree with everything you have said in the past, I stand clear on any of your posts. They often contain underlying opinions outside of the GH characters.

What TRUMP did and continues to do is shake up the country. Its not always going to be good when you make changes that both parties have fought over for years with NOTHING being resolved!

I actually enjoyed Alexis and Julian. They have moved on and I think Julian and Kim have a good re pore. What I dont like is Nancy Lee Grahn is a miserable women who doesnt appreciate the gift she has been given and the lives she could touch. She has an agenda and thats her business BUT dont insert your OWN opinions into a story as Alexis’s character. Just the same, if Sonny admired TRUMP, I wouldnt want Maurice talking about it on a soap.

One thing we will agree on is this is a public forum and we are blessed to be able to share our opinions. It should be limited to SOAPS and NOT politics. Just like GH, stick with the imaginary town of Fort Charles and drop your political agenda.

Timmm, I am a Conservative, too; and, although, I do not always agree with Trump, his tweets, and his behavior, I like that he is “shaking things up” in Washington.

@Sir Timmmbo…Applause, applause! My previous reply to you failed to post, but just wanted to give you a hand for your sentiments. If we cannot have a fair representation of all political points-of-view (that inevitably invite remarks and rebuttals which obviously do not comport with management’s particular ideology…) then just don’t allow any, period! All you did was rightly state an objection to something that had no business being part of GH, and in return we were subjected to the usual diatribe of propaganda about our president. Quite frankly, either this website should proclaim itself as a public relations arm of the DNC or ban the political chat for good and stick to soaps…as if that subject matter alone doesn’t cause enough problems in and of itself!

Sweet Shay, thank you, my pleasure. I just want to watch soaps and escape all the hate, negativity, and lies that I see in the news everyday!

You’re most welcome! And I could not agree with you more, Timmm! Even though I stay apprised on the latest news and remain immersed in my politics of choice, when it comes to my leisure time viewing, I want pure escapism…beautiful people in far off times and/or places who behave with a modicum of dignity and civility…I just wish GH still offered that like it once did….the last thing I care to encounter onscreen are soap actors lecturing the audience by interjecting their own personal spins in the guise of their characters on subjects that should be off-limits….Ditto for these threads….the all-too-familiar rants are both predictible and boring….time for some new storylines!!!!!

Rebecca1…Just to let you know I tried to respond to you on this thread, but I guess it wasn’t MF rated. And to be quite frank, I might not have sent it had I waited a few hours later (possibly too much angst in it), even though I meant everything I said. But I do agree with you on most issues.

Am liking Genie/Ryan story, Alexis, Aunt Stella, Oscar (tough situation…plus/minus on each side of the argument), Peter and Maxie, and even Carly/Thorncliffe right now. Just can’t warm up to Liz/Franco. Lukewarm to Anna/Finn, and Drew/Kim.

Try to keep hopeful.

In honor of Halloween, I am going to quote that drunk from Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” “It’s the end of the world!”
Seriously, I do think we realistically could be heading for a Civil War–these are frightening times. I have to turn off the news and turn on some good classic movies, or good music, or read a book. Sometimes, I watch the soaps for good old fashioned escapism. I think we need escapism more than ever right now, hence, I am not going to discuss politics in here as I did in the past. We cannot change each other’s minds and all we do is create more divisiveness.

Harry…Like you I am not following the news chapter verse anymore. I get the highlights, and then try to go about a saner life. Speaking of the good old classic movies, interesting to see how many of them dealing with social/cultural/money issues are being echoed in what’s happening today. Seems we don’t easily learn from history’s mistakes. They do seem to repeat themselves, but at a much more accelerated, destructive rate now a days. But I refuse to give up hope that this too shall pass to more enlightened things that stick, at least in between cycles. :))

I did the same thing, Harry–turned off the news and watched 3 movies in a row one day! Hitchcock had something there!

I just absolutely love the movie “The Birds!”

Harry…I do much of the same. Notice how some of the older good classic movies themes seem as if they could be made today. Or welcome surprises like actors when they were younger. I just saw Anna Lee /lila Quartemaine in “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.” And from past comments you’ve written, I think we can agree on some of our music favorites. Have a good day.

PERK! Rose, how did you know one of my favorite movies of all time is “The Ghost of Mrs Muir”? I just hear the strings of the theme song shoring up as if it were opening up on the “foam of magic casements of fairy lands forlorn,” (John Keats)and I instantly have tears welling up in my eyes. How can I resist a movie which features the ghost of a sea captain quoting Keats’s “Ode to a Nightingale”? The chemistry between Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney is through the roof. And who can resist little Natalie Wood playing Anna Muir. Lucy’s daughter? I think the saddest part is when the Captain has to say goodbye to Lucy, whom he calls Lucia. “What we could have had, Lucia……Goodbye my dear,” he says and he leaves her slumbering body and disappears into the sea scape. Lucy decides that the sea captain was a mere dream and she dreamed the novel she wrote,”Blood and Swath.” And of course, Lucy has to choose that dandy beautifully played by the iconic George Sands. And of course he turns out to be a scoundrel and an adulterer. Poor Lucy. Choosing reality over dreams will let you down every time.

Harry…Oh yes to what you have said, with another kleenex time with happy tears when Daniel takes Lucia’s hand at the end to go to all the adventures they would ever want. Only rivaled by Heathcliffe and Catherine going to the moors. Felt sad when Anna Muir’s post on the beach succumbed to the weathering over the years. Also loved Gene Tierney in Laura. And George Sanders in anything. And I chose dreams.

James, belatedly, well done! I have great admiration for how you conduct yourself. Graceful, through and through, no matter the personal angst in putting yourself out there. Class personified…and for that matter, class dismissed! I can’t disagree!

Hey Reed! You have no idea the extent to which you have made my day! I appreciate your kindness and support, and I thank you for taking the time to read my long-winded comments and give me your reply.

The funny thing is that my above comments didn’t appear originally, and I had assumed they weren’t posted at all. I’m not sure what happened… As increasingly more light is shed on the misdeeds (to put it lightly) of the current administration, all we can do is hope and pray for better days ahead… And as we go day to day, the best we can hope for is to make a difference in others’ lives. Reed, you have done that for me today and previously… Best to you and your loved ones, Friend!

James, it’s a shame the bar has been set so low these days, but a win is a win, so I’m only too happy to have improved your day. I just got through Kiki’s funeral, so I’m still hopelessly behind. My old school viewing habits have me wading through each episode sans fast forwarding—and without spoilers, hence my absence. Having not posted since the 10/5 Chloe Lanier thread, I thought I’d check-in on some of the older threads to see what the gang’s been up to. And based upon that thread, I see my fan club is still intact. Ouch! And while some people get it and some people clearly don’t, I didn’t want your brilliant post to go without acknowledgement. Looking forward to being current someday and to rejoining the conversations.

Just a quick reply, Reed. I was curious about the “fan club” you mentioned, so I checked out the other thread. As we know, reasonable minds can disagree on soaps, characters, politics, etc. We can personally agree with one person’s point of view on one issue but differ on other issues. Any such disagreement shouldn’t necessitate disdain. I know I’ve been a nonstop critic of GH’s Sonny, so for those who love the character, they must think I’m a jerk (or worse). I think, however, when there is supportive, positive feedback, as you and I have given each other today, that makes it all worthwhile! Thanks again! 🙂

Hey Rebecca! Thank you for your warm, friendly reply. I certainly didn’t mean to be a pest. I just wanted to alert you to my attempts at leaving replies to you and the one that got through. I agree with you on the whole profile/friending thing. But it’s still refreshing and satisfying to have a friend in you, in which we share important commonalities. Best to you and your loved ones.

Hugs to you as well!

Jamesj75…you’re NEVER a pest! And if I might take this chance to rhyme…never, ever! LOL! (hey! so it wasn’t one of my more creative endeavors..whud aboud it!!!?) 😉

LOL! Just a quick note to say: Thank you, Rebecca! It is always a pleasure… 🙂

@AVP…..I thought the day Laura returned to Port Charles she looked fabulous! Very chic, albeit quite modest. But then, that’s just our Laura….she’s always been attired tastefully and respectably, which sadly sometimes does read a bit boring and too matronly. However, it certainly doesn’t have to be that way….”she” should take a page out of Anna’s book and wear clean lines and classic styles…they never go out of fashion and are both ageless and timeless! Having said that, Laura was never one of those va-va-voom types, even in her youth! She is certainly not going to parade around town ala Alexis in some hoochie-coochie-cleavage-baring get-up! Laura’s a lady!!! Whoa, whoa, whoa, she’s a LADY!!!!

Rose, just re-reading some of the comments from Oct, and Nov. Recently with the Ryan SL, I’ve been thinking why hasn’t Ava noticed and asked what happened to the scar Kevin recieved after being shot by Valentin, when they were all in Greece, a while back. Also, Ryan is going to be very frustrated, not being able to kill anyone, as long as Franco is in jail, but with Valentine’s Day coming up, how can he resist?

Violet…Good call…what will Ryan do with Franco in jail? I’m sure he still has a few others he would like to off, including Lulu. What I’m hoping is that Ava and Laura find out about Ryan at the same time. This could be wild. And we still have Kevin possibly being discovered at Thorncliffe. Lots of action to look forward to, and the bad guy finally getting his due.